Schubart: Good nuns’ mission to Rome
The nuns worry that their Vatican brethren may have distracted themselves from Jesus’ directives regarding the poor, respect for women and the care and teaching of children.
Schubart: A response to commenters on higher education op-ed
The point of my commentary was only that I do not believe the trajectory we are on is sustainable.
Schubart: UVM — five-campus university?
A state of 600,000 people with a $5 billion budget, of which only half is paid for by Vermont taxpayers, simply can’t afford to support five state colleges even with out-of-state tuitions.
Schubart: Slip slidin’ away
As much as we may need to reinvent our schools and colleges for the future, we also need to remember that life is what we make it, not what our government gives us.
Schubart: No simple solutions
If corporations are indeed people and their speech has the same protections, truth-in-advertising falls victim to corporate personhood as well. The sky’s the limit.
Schubart: No easy answers
We’re unwilling to parse out truth from myth, separating graft, corruption, greed and waste from the social and economic benefits that good government can provide.
Schubart: The big cheese
“Aren’t you the state that forced Walmart to open small downtown bookshops, deports shoppers from Quebec, and hires illegals to milk your cows?”
Schubart: Cost of Corrections
There are three reasons given for putting people in jail: public safety, deterrence and retribution. Statistically, only the first is effective.
Schubart: New political values
Both men represent different aspects of what is emerging as a new definition of Republican virtue. But personally, I’d rather see a George Aiken, Jim Jeffords, Dick Mallary, Phil Scott or Randy Brock as president.
Schubart: In the name of religion
Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Bill Schubart, a regular commentator for Vermont Public Radio and president of the Vermont Journalism Trust, the umbrella organization for VTDigger.org. This piece was first aired on VPR. Whether I am ushered into the next world by a choir of cherubs or a bevy of trident-bearing imps, or whether [...]
